Development strategies that focus solely on urban development and leave rural communities behind are not adequate to overcome the development challenges we face.

Why are productive capacities important for the development process in vulnerable economies?

Achieving SDG 1 by 2030, will require extraordinary efforts by countries, both individually and collectively.

Ahead of LDC 5, the LDC Future Forum brings together the academic community, policymakers and practitioners to gather new thinking on the challenges and possibilities for LDCs in the coming decade. 

CDP member Mariana Mazzucato gave the keynote address at the opening of the General Assembly’s Second Committee. The way we “do capitalism”, she said, has to be much more goal-oriented and the SDGs need to be put at the center of policy.

The October Monthly Briefing takes a closer look at the results of the most recent bank lending survey by the European Central Bank (ECB), which provides some insights into the shape of economic activity in the euro area.